| Club: | Sporting Kansas City |
| Season: | 2014 |
| Stadium: | Sporting Park |
| League: | MLS |
| League Result: | East: 5 Overall: 10 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Sporting Club |
| Ceo: | Robb Heineman |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Peter Vermes |
| Cup1: | MLS Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Knockout Round |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fifth round |
| Cup3: | 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| Cup4: | 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League |
| Cup4 Result: | Group stage |
| Cup5: | Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic |
| Cup5 Result: | Runners-up |
| Season Topscorer: | Dom Dwyer 24 |
| League Topscorer: | Dom Dwyer |
| Highest Attendance: | MLS: 21,493 All: 21,493 |
| Lowest Attendance: | MLS: 18,938 All: 11,138 |
| Average Attendance: | MLS: All Competitions: |
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| Prevseason: | 2013 |
| Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 Sporting Kansas City season was the nineteenth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the fourth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.
Sporting Kansas City entered the season in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage for the first time in franchise history.
Sporting Kansas City also entered the season as the defending MLS Cup champion, after beating Real Salt Lake in PKs in the MLS Cup 2013.
As of August 17, 2014.[1]
See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2014.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2013 |  Sal Zizzo | MF | Portland Timbers | Trade for Allocation Money | [2] | |
| December 16, 2013 | Andy Gruenebaum | GK | Columbus Crew | Trade for 2016 MLS SuperDraft Pick | [3] | |
| February 13, 2014 |  Jimmy Medranda | MF | Deportivo Pereira | Fee | [4] | |
| March 4, 2014 | Alex Martinez | MF | NCSU | 2014 MLS SuperDraft Selection | [5] | |
| March 11, 2014 | Antonio Rodríguez Dovale | MF | Celta de Vigo | Free | ||
| April 1, 2014 | Victor Muñoz | MF | D.C. United | Free | [6] | |
| July 8, 2014 |  Michael Kafari | MF | Charleston Battery | Free | [7] | |
| July 16, 2014 | Jorge Claros | MF | C.D. Motagua | Free | [8] | |
| July 16, 2014 | Martin Steuble | MF | FC Wil 1900 | Free | ||
| August 13, 2014 | Tim Melia | GK | Chivas USA | League Pool Call-up | [9] |
| Pos. | Player | New club | Fee/notes | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jimmy Nielsen | Oklahoma City Energy FC Coach | Retired from playing | [10] [11] | ||
| DF | Kyle Miller | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Waived | [12] | ||
| DF | Brendan Ruiz | Waived | ||||
| DF |  Federico Bessone | Millwall | Released (Out of contract) | [13] | ||
| FW | Teal Bunbury | New England Revolution | Trade for first round 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money | [14] | ||
| DF | Josh Gardner | Waived | [15] | |||
| DF | Mechack Jerome |  Montreal Impact | Waived | [16] | ||
| MF |  Oriol Rosell |  Sporting Clube de Portugal | Fee | [17] | ||
| MF | Alex Martinez | Orange County Blues FC | Waived | [18] | ||
| MF |  Peterson Joseph | Mutually Terminated | [19] | |||
| GK | Tim Melia | Sporting Kansas City | League Pool Call-up Ended |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Start | End | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | MF | Mikey Lopez | Orlando City Soccer Club | [22] | |||
| 21 | GK | Jon Kempin | Oklahoma City Energy FC | [23] | |||
| 25 | MF | Christian Duke | Oklahoma City Energy FC | ||||
| 4 | DF | Kevin Ellis | Oklahoma City Energy FC | [24] |
See main article: 2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic. Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
See also: 2014 Major League Soccer season.
See main article: 2014 Major League Soccer season. Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
See main article: 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs.
See also: 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.
Advanced from Group stage
See also: 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage. In the championship stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule is used if the aggregate score is level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie is decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score is level after extra time of the second leg.[25]
|}Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregate.
See also: 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.
See also: 2014 U.S. Open Cup.